The guys on NBCSports are calling us out on everything. Our troubles became a hot topic after the Detroit game, but it's strange to see a national broadcaster would be looking for one during every play.

It's impossible to tell with how little we know about Crosby's situation, but does anyone else think that Malkin getting 30/1 odds for MVP is a pretty good preseason bet? That team is going to win a lot of games and Malkin is going to put up a **** ton of points, maybe 40 more than anybody else on that team, depending on Sid's return.

Well, that's looking good.

In less exciting news, we get to be shut out by St. Louis tomorrow. Hooray. I'm actually glad they're playing Halak, who is the hottest goalie in the world right now (Rinne isn't far behind). We couldn't even beat Elliott when he was on ****** Ottawa teams.